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romney wanted president obama saying the administration has neglected farmers and the agriculture industry and he neglected rural vote increase the heartland. listen. >> there are big differences between the president and me. he has no plan for rural america, no plan for agriculture. no plan for getting people back to work and i do. you know i spoke about it all over the country. i'm going to make sure i help the american farmer and i help the economy and get america work again. >> to that end today, mr. romney again said that he would eliminate the estate tax, the so-called death tax and went further as he has on occasion during this campaign to say that he would eliminate capital gains and interest in dividends taxes on the middle class. all in an attempt to spur the economy. shep. >> shep: carl, what's the thinking on governor romney's bounce in the polls since that first big debate? >> they are very pumped here. the romney campaign is quite excited. they say there is more to come. they're building and talking about their ground game, grassroots, 4 million people have been contacted her
romney wanted president obama saying the administration has neglected farmers and the agriculture industry and he neglected rural vote increase the heartland. listen. >> there are big differences between the president and me. he has no plan for rural america, no plan for agriculture. no plan for getting people back to work and i do. you know i spoke about it all over the country. i'm going to make sure i help the american farmer and i help the economy and get america work again. >>...
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. >> danny glover, i want to ask about the, in a presidential candidate mitt romney a day after hugo chÁvez won re- election, the republican nominee criticize the obama administration for allowing chavez to expand his influence in the region. >> and our neighbors want to resist the failed ideology of hugo chÁvez and the castro brothers and deepen ties with the united states on trade and energy and security, but in all these places, just as in the middle east, the question is asked -- where does america stand? >> that was mitt romney. danny glover, your response? >> poverty in the area is 40%, near 40% over the last 13 years. in venezuela, and all of the region. part of it is associated with the integration. once you get out into the fields, you begin to talk with people who have worked their way and not with cash handouts, but worked their way out of poverty. that is the real story of achievement, not only in venezuela, the other places as well. >> finally, danny, you have spent time with president chavez. were you with him when he voted? how is his health? he has been treated -- >
. >> danny glover, i want to ask about the, in a presidential candidate mitt romney a day after hugo chÁvez won re- election, the republican nominee criticize the obama administration for allowing chavez to expand his influence in the region. >> and our neighbors want to resist the failed ideology of hugo chÁvez and the castro brothers and deepen ties with the united states on trade and energy and security, but in all these places, just as in the middle east, the question is asked...
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romney appealed to iowa farm country voters penalling to end what he called the obama administration overregulation of agriculture and promised to open more world markets and reduce energy costs. >> there are big differences between the president and me. he has no plan for rural america. no plan for agriculture. no plan for getting people back to work. i do. >> romney released a policy paper on rural issues and ripped the president for squeezing the economy critically important agriculture industry. >> president has idea he wants to raise the tax rate from 3% to 40%. that won't be good for forms. my own view is i want to take the tax rate down. >> following iowa, romney flew to ohio, critical battleground to his victory strategy, where the voter registration ends today. romney is expected to return at least four times in just the next week. romney aides are touting their ground game and grassroots enthusiasm. in florida, 43.5% of absentee ballot requests came from republicans. 39% for democrats. among those returned so far, 45% are g.o.p. only 38% are democrats. in colorado, republic
romney appealed to iowa farm country voters penalling to end what he called the obama administration overregulation of agriculture and promised to open more world markets and reduce energy costs. >> there are big differences between the president and me. he has no plan for rural america. no plan for agriculture. no plan for getting people back to work. i do. >> romney released a policy paper on rural issues and ripped the president for squeezing the economy critically important...
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yet they suggest he's going to be the second coming of the first bush administration. i think you have almost every possible critique being made on mitt romney right now when it comes to foreign policy, in part because his views are still his views are still not known and it is not clear what kind of foreign policy president he would be. host: this is an obama at tv ad speaking about the issues you brought out. [video clip] >> i am barack obama and i approve this message. >> "the new york times" said aat romney's response showed lack of character. if this is how he handles the world now, think of what he might do as president. host: susan glasser, are people paying attention to the foreign policy of these candidates? guest: some of this can be taken with a grain of salt. before the convention, 4% of americans said foreign policy would be the top issue. in the last few weeks, the number has gone up slightly, as a result of the tragic attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, where we are in afghanistan, and exactly what our position is in the new middle east after the a
yet they suggest he's going to be the second coming of the first bush administration. i think you have almost every possible critique being made on mitt romney right now when it comes to foreign policy, in part because his views are still his views are still not known and it is not clear what kind of foreign policy president he would be. host: this is an obama at tv ad speaking about the issues you brought out. [video clip] >> i am barack obama and i approve this message. >>...
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romney said of changing his policy are now bidding him. it's a policy that matters. >> the obama administration has supported more undocumented and probably the last five administrations put together. and you would not expect that from a democratic administration. i'm not quite sure why they've been so forceful, but they have been. the people that rupert is talking about is they would carry to age three months in this country and their parents arms. did they break the law? i don't know how it's written, but technically they had no right to come across the border. they did, but in terms of culpability, i mean, come on. these are people were self-selected group. they want to go to work, what a serving the military, want to do everything we want. were desperately trying to get a group like that to push them up, doesn't make any sense. >> i agree totally. let me ask this question. i read it as it's written because i think it captures the political angst within the subject. how do you counter the rhetoric out there that immigrants are taking jo
romney said of changing his policy are now bidding him. it's a policy that matters. >> the obama administration has supported more undocumented and probably the last five administrations put together. and you would not expect that from a democratic administration. i'm not quite sure why they've been so forceful, but they have been. the people that rupert is talking about is they would carry to age three months in this country and their parents arms. did they break the law? i don't know...
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>> yeah, i think it's a mistake for people on wall street to assume that a romney administration is going to change the declining dynamics and the declining profitability. a republican president is not going to be able to do anything about decreased trading volumes, is not going to do anything about lower commissions per trades or the general trend in the industry toward contraction. i agree with maria. there may have been some sarcasm in this ad, but it was kind of lost on me as well. it just seemed absurd. >> i don't get it. >> it's very inside baseball. that's the kind of commercial you would run in-house for the amusement of the staff members. to play it publicly is a little poor taste. >> or that "saturday night live" would have done. i don't think romney is reversing a lot of these trends. if you think that's going to happen, that's probably not the case. >> i think we're missing one thing. my point would be in the '80s, the interest cost of our national debt was 18, 19% of the budget. last year it's about 9%. if the ten-year treasury goes back to the 5% neighborhood, which it was i
>> yeah, i think it's a mistake for people on wall street to assume that a romney administration is going to change the declining dynamics and the declining profitability. a republican president is not going to be able to do anything about decreased trading volumes, is not going to do anything about lower commissions per trades or the general trend in the industry toward contraction. i agree with maria. there may have been some sarcasm in this ad, but it was kind of lost on me as well. it...
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this event in rural america at a family farm, governor romney said that in his administration he would implement policies that would help rural america to grow. >> there are big differences between the president and me the he has no plan if rural america. no plan for agriculture. no plan for getting people back to work. i do. i have spoken about it all over the country. i will help the american farmer, our economy and get america working. >>reporter: he said that policies the president want to pursue would hurt people this this part of the country. >>shepard: on issues, what are farmers say is at the top of the list? >>reporter: the big one is the estate tax. governor romney says he would repeal the estate tax if he becomes president. president obama would allow it to rise. the other big one is regulation. remember all of the hand wringing over the rumors the epa wanted to regulate farm dust? the labor department is looking at a rule to limit the amount of work that children under the age of 18 can do on farms. governor romney promised in his administration it would be different. >> yo
this event in rural america at a family farm, governor romney said that in his administration he would implement policies that would help rural america to grow. >> there are big differences between the president and me the he has no plan if rural america. no plan for agriculture. no plan for getting people back to work. i do. i have spoken about it all over the country. i will help the american farmer, our economy and get america working. >>reporter: he said that policies the...
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romney seems to be saying we're not even prepared to get that close. obviously the devil's in the details. >> rose: so governor romney's red line may be earlier than president obama's red line. >> exactly right. i actually thought one other thing was interesting which is he talked about our relationship with most of the arab countries. the egypts and others, the libyas. what he essentially laid out was called a conditional foreign policy. essentially saying, look, the era where we gave aid to you all and you act as you see fit is over. we will continue to work with you but only so long as you meet us halfway, whether it's the way you treat women, girls and minorities, your foreign policy more broadly against israel and terrorism. i think that's an important statement and one that people in both parties should be able to support. >> rose: and it would include both egypt and saudi arabia? >> that's an interesting question whether it goes to saudi arabia, bahrain. and, again, the devil is in the details and how we're going to do that but clearly i think i
romney seems to be saying we're not even prepared to get that close. obviously the devil's in the details. >> rose: so governor romney's red line may be earlier than president obama's red line. >> exactly right. i actually thought one other thing was interesting which is he talked about our relationship with most of the arab countries. the egypts and others, the libyas. what he essentially laid out was called a conditional foreign policy. essentially saying, look, the era where we...
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it's interesting the romney campaign chose to start this week with that big foreign policy speech. congressman ryan uttered the same words that the obama administration has been weak and libya and syria have been mishandled. here's congressman ryan fakes off on one of the deans of foreign policy for this administration. >> i think a tremendous disadvantage for congressman ryan, as it will be for governor romney when he faces off against the president on foreign affairs. i think joe biden will make sure they don't stray from the truth. in yesterday's speech somewhat unbelievably to me after all the contention about misstatements, governor romney made two significant misstatements again shows a disregard for the facts. one he said, tamron, there was no discussion of terrorism in the 2008 debates. we saw last night on msnbc they played the tape. >> there's tape to prove he wasn't accurate. >> 40 mentions of terrorism in that debate, and he said president obama hasn't signed a single free-trade agreement, when, in fact, he signed three. joe biden won't let him get away with it. going b
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administration because romney has more wall street cash than obama this time around so is this kind of a case of it's going to go on a matter who is in charge well i don't want to do you know the republican democrats are not very diplomatic but you know i will say that obama seems to have this kind of like a lead us attitude works all it's your my body you like the rules don't apply to you and if we were to previous republican administrations like george w. bush who i was not a fan of in the least he'll use one went after the enron guys who he was friends with and i think the texas thing. maybe it's a texas thing but to me if you break the law you got a good jail as many of your friends were you know i couldn't agree more and we of course counterfactual we can never understand like what would have happened if it with a different president or what happened in the future but i do want to ask because since m.f. global we've seen p.f.g. best go under and in that situation we had a suicide note when the c.e.o. attempted suicide saying i think committing fraud all these years and gotten a
administration because romney has more wall street cash than obama this time around so is this kind of a case of it's going to go on a matter who is in charge well i don't want to do you know the republican democrats are not very diplomatic but you know i will say that obama seems to have this kind of like a lead us attitude works all it's your my body you like the rules don't apply to you and if we were to previous republican administrations like george w. bush who i was not a fan of in the...
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policy so far the administration has stopped short of directly arming the rebels although washington is coordinating the efforts of their allies in the region that is saudi arabia qatar turkey which are providing weapons to the rebels one way or another but those allies are saying that they only provide smaller weapons that they would love to send heavy artillery but they don't have the green light from washington for that because reportedly the administration fears that the weapons might end up in the hands of terrorist experts say one of the reasons why the rebels are not settling down for a negotiated solution through dialogue is the signal that they get that sense that support is on the way that there will be an intervention and everybody now understands without a negotiated solution bloodshed will continue. a massive explosion and a giant plume of smoke cause a panic among people in one central russian region as thousands of pounds of munitions ignited the military's basilica we covered that story in a few minutes and. as a criminal court in the hague and the libyan government l
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is it something that mitt romney can overcome? because the economy, if he gets in and he doesn't repeal dodd-frank, how much can any one man do at this point now that these regulations are in place? >> i think it's more an anti-obama sentiment. when you talk to people, they're just so frustrated. they don't like too big to fail. you would think bankers -- megyn: t.a.r.p. bailout? that was president bush. >> but the new regulation, that's what they think of, all the new regulation out there to save the same thing from happening again. a lot of these guys think we're not going to be the ones who fail, it's the other guy, and we want to take advantage of that. if he goes down, then that's, you know, natural selection, that's what happens in a free market. we would benefit there that. they just don't like all this regulation. so they're just not big supporters of president obama. megyn: we talked a while back about how the president had seen his support among these wall street donors soften, and there's no question about how the state
is it something that mitt romney can overcome? because the economy, if he gets in and he doesn't repeal dodd-frank, how much can any one man do at this point now that these regulations are in place? >> i think it's more an anti-obama sentiment. when you talk to people, they're just so frustrated. they don't like too big to fail. you would think bankers -- megyn: t.a.r.p. bailout? that was president bush. >> but the new regulation, that's what they think of, all the new regulation...
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, the editorial board writing t-- saying the door is open for mitt romney to make some points but he didn't necessarily walk through it, although it seems like the romney team thinks this was a good enough speech they're going to do more like it on different subjects. >> i think they're focused on -- there's two different issues here. one that's substance and one style and politics. on the substance, there's not that much difference between romney and obama. part of the problem romney has had it's hard for him to criticize what obama's foreign policy is which has been a conservative foreign policy and there's not that much daylight between them. i think the romney campaign is happy on two levels. they're happy because they saw an energetic confident mitt romney performing in a way that i don't -- not the new mitt but looked good yesterday, relatively speaking. and on top of that, this notion of the campaign had gotten into single track place of obama sucks obama sucks but had not done the very good job of presenting him as a credible alternative, starting with the debate looked like
, the editorial board writing t-- saying the door is open for mitt romney to make some points but he didn't necessarily walk through it, although it seems like the romney team thinks this was a good enough speech they're going to do more like it on different subjects. >> i think they're focused on -- there's two different issues here. one that's substance and one style and politics. on the substance, there's not that much difference between romney and obama. part of the problem romney has...
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. >> mitt romney tried to portray himself as a more forceful commander in chief. most thoetbly trying to draw a distinction from the obama administration over their approach to syria. he was clear he would be sure that syrian rebels got the weapons they need, the heavy weaponry they so desperately need to take on the gun ships an tanks causing civilian casualties. he portrayed the struggle as more about checking iran's influence in that region, but he also pointed out one of the major contradictions the white house is currently facing, the violence extremists are flowing in, but the need to vet the kind of assistance it would go to. >> most libyans have not been following the presidential campaign. the attention has been on the country's own political situation. on sunday, the national assembly voted out the prime minister it had selected less than a month ago go. libya is now facing a political vacuum at a time of serious threats an instability. but one line from mitt romney's speech that would stand out to libyans, he said he would vigorously pursue those respon
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the obama administration has given no signal that he's even willing to do more. even romney has talked about providing more support for the rebels but it is not really clear. no one is talking about active intervention on the side of syrian rebels. dagen: is there in reason to believe that president obama would do something while we're trying to get out of afghanistan, do something with syria? >> no, the only thing i would watch for is they do transfer the chemical weapons to hezbollah. i think that's a significant red line. if the assad forces were to do that, i think that would precipitate much bigger crisis and draw from the united states. barring that or major attack on turkey, i think we're in a gruesome ugly stalemate. dagen: for how long? >> it could drag on for a year, two years, yes. connell: we mentioned at the top the impact on the presidential election here in the united states would be. you think it will be kind of status quo through november and beyond. >> i think so. again, providing the rebels with things like shoulder fire missiles that could tak
the obama administration has given no signal that he's even willing to do more. even romney has talked about providing more support for the rebels but it is not really clear. no one is talking about active intervention on the side of syrian rebels. dagen: is there in reason to believe that president obama would do something while we're trying to get out of afghanistan, do something with syria? >> no, the only thing i would watch for is they do transfer the chemical weapons to hezbollah. i...
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when romney talked about russia being our number one geopolitical foe. he started that conversation and unfortunately it hasn't continued. jenna: if you look at different administrations out of the past that have failed to do that, really engage, why? >> i think the united states wanted to integrate both china and russia, to bring them in and engage them and we felt if we criticized them that would sort of hurt and undermine that process. unfortunately the russians and the chinese have just seen what was a gesture of friendship on our part, they've interpreted as a sign of weakness so they press the advantage. and after four decades of engagement of china china has become very belligerent and hostile original leave. our policies are obviously not working. this is the reason why we need to have this conversation. jenna: it will be interesting to see fit comes up in the vice presidental debate or the presidential debate yet to come. thank you for your perspective. bill: governor mitt romney riding a surge of momentum after his first debate with president o
when romney talked about russia being our number one geopolitical foe. he started that conversation and unfortunately it hasn't continued. jenna: if you look at different administrations out of the past that have failed to do that, really engage, why? >> i think the united states wanted to integrate both china and russia, to bring them in and engage them and we felt if we criticized them that would sort of hurt and undermine that process. unfortunately the russians and the chinese have...
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when romney talked about russia being our number one geopolitical foe. he started that conversation and unfortunately it hasn't continued. jenna: if you look a different administrations out of the past that have failed to do that, really engage, why? >> i think the united states wanted to integrate both china and russia, to bring them in and engage them and we felt if we criticized them that would sort of hurt and undermine that process. unfortunately the russians and the chinese have just seen what was a gesture of friendship on our part, they've interpreted as a sign of weakness so they press the advantage. and after four decades of engagement of china china has become very belligerent and hostile original leave. our policies are obviously not working. this is the reason why we need to have this conversation. jenna: it will be interesting to see fit comes up in the vice presidental debate or the presidential debate yet to come. thank you for your perspective. bill: governor mitt romney riding a surge of momentum after his first debate with president ob
when romney talked about russia being our number one geopolitical foe. he started that conversation and unfortunately it hasn't continued. jenna: if you look a different administrations out of the past that have failed to do that, really engage, why? >> i think the united states wanted to integrate both china and russia, to bring them in and engage them and we felt if we criticized them that would sort of hurt and undermine that process. unfortunately the russians and the chinese have...
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looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of the final stretch, romney accused the president of weak leadership in the middle east and delivering his harshest assessment yesterday of the administration's response to the attacks in libya. >> it is our responsible for the president to use the greatest america power to shape history. not leave from behind and leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> reporter: calling for a change of course, romney offered few new policy details, citing serious civil war, romney said he would support our allies arming rebels there. madeleine albright gave the obama campaign's a rebuttal. >> i'm a prefer. if one of my students turned it it in, they get a c because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> it's getting close here in michigan. you can push up over the top. >> reporter: on monday, paul ryan attacked what he considered the democrats strategy. >> it seems pretty clear that their new strategy is bawling us liars and descend down into a mud pit and hopefully with enough mud slinging back and forth and distortion, people get demoralized a
looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of the final stretch, romney accused the president of weak leadership in the middle east and delivering his harshest assessment yesterday of the administration's response to the attacks in libya. >> it is our responsible for the president to use the greatest america power to shape history. not leave from behind and leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> reporter: calling for a change of course, romney offered few new...
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. >> new polls are showing a big balance for governor mitt romney after last week's debate. >> reporter: i don't remember any has momentum, but another thing he's got going for him is enthusiasm among his supporters. >> his own administration describes him as leading by following. i wrote a book on leadership. that's an oxymoron. >> a judge has just sentenced jerry sandusky to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing ten boys. the sentence is likely to keep the former penn state assistant football coach in prison pour the rest of his life. >> in my heard, i know i did not do these alleged disgusting acts. >> this morning, if conditions allow it, the austria daredevil will attempt the highest fastest free fall ever. >> between the first 30 seconds, i'll accelerate so fast i'll break the speed of sound. >> the a's are down three games to none. >> most people predicted they wouldn't lose not only 100, but 110. this has been satisfying. >> i'm asking does this have a pouch? >> look for yourself. >> the vice presidential debate is days away. republican candidate paul ryan says he expect
. >> new polls are showing a big balance for governor mitt romney after last week's debate. >> reporter: i don't remember any has momentum, but another thing he's got going for him is enthusiasm among his supporters. >> his own administration describes him as leading by following. i wrote a book on leadership. that's an oxymoron. >> a judge has just sentenced jerry sandusky to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing ten boys. the sentence is likely to keep the...
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that romney for not being strong on the right response to the housing crisis. charles: universally most people agree that housing has turned the corner. we also hear inventory because people believe their homes will go up where they might have wanted to sell a year ago. does that work? >> is only room develop once the fed increases interest rates and put pressure on housing. charles: neither camp is pushing -- [talking over each other] >> a huge part of the economy they have to talk about. charles: much more on the housing market later this hour and we will ask the question is a home still the best investment a person can make? mortgage at record lows and home prices bouncing back. bob massey will join the company at 10:45. he has seen the market at its worst but does he still believe real-estate is the best bet? we will ask him. nickel, eli lilly shares at a four year high. where are they now. nicole: i love you are absolutely right. so many analysts jumping on board for their price targets and most have price targets under $50 and it was $52 a we're seeing no
that romney for not being strong on the right response to the housing crisis. charles: universally most people agree that housing has turned the corner. we also hear inventory because people believe their homes will go up where they might have wanted to sell a year ago. does that work? >> is only room develop once the fed increases interest rates and put pressure on housing. charles: neither camp is pushing -- [talking over each other] >> a huge part of the economy they have to talk...
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under the clinton administration. but he found himself jumping the aisle to the republican party. why would he make that choice as the country was on the cusp of electing the first back president? that's the subject of his new book. i recently talked with him about his book and why he changed parties. >> thank you for joining us. it is a fascinating book. i want to set the stage here, because you were in the clinton white house. you were a true democrat through and through. would that be fair to say? >> yeah. and come from a family that definitely believes in the democratic party. family and diversity and civil rights. my mama said, you are a democrat through and through. how did you get off the reservation? [ laughter ] >> well, tell us how you got off the reservation. it was a process, obviously. wasn't one thing. tell me a little bit about that process. >> i think like most voters, we are continually being educated. especially if you're paying attention to the dynamic issues we have today, you're examining yourself
under the clinton administration. but he found himself jumping the aisle to the republican party. why would he make that choice as the country was on the cusp of electing the first back president? that's the subject of his new book. i recently talked with him about his book and why he changed parties. >> thank you for joining us. it is a fascinating book. i want to set the stage here, because you were in the clinton white house. you were a true democrat through and through. would that be...
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governor romney's speech today is almost certain to raise this point, whether it will raise it in a way that captures the public imagination and strikes them as sensible remains to be seen, but i would say that this survey and governor rom ty's speech -- romney's speech plus developments on the ground may be the entering wedge for what i personally regard as an overdue public debate about what the united states ought to be doing vis-a-vis the syrian conflict. >> bill, thank you so much. um, let me now turn to hisham, and bill talked about the apparent polarization of u.s. public opinion on foreign policy issues. perhaps not surprising four weeks out from a campaign in which foreign policy has suddenly and surprisingly begun to play a significant role in both the campaigns. but what we see in the arab world is with the emergence of more democratic politics, polarization as well. around a number of issues that relate to the relationship, the interaction between these arab states in transition and the united states and the west more broadly. the poll result that americans seem to understan
governor romney's speech today is almost certain to raise this point, whether it will raise it in a way that captures the public imagination and strikes them as sensible remains to be seen, but i would say that this survey and governor rom ty's speech -- romney's speech plus developments on the ground may be the entering wedge for what i personally regard as an overdue public debate about what the united states ought to be doing vis-a-vis the syrian conflict. >> bill, thank you so much....
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to the middle east, and to israel, certainly, that is out there right now, how do you think governor romney would handle that differently? it's a very difficult situation. >> i think he's trying to convey that after three and a half years, that the obama administration has donnie sepb tim donaghy essentially nothing to slow iran's progress at nuclear weapons down. diplomacy is not going to succeed in chitchatting it out of its program and the sanctions have had no effect. in the past couple of days the imf projects iran's economy will be back on track next year and yet its nuclear arms program is very close to tpraou which is. when you say it's unacceptable for iran to have nuclear weapons, after three and a half years of doing nothing about it obama's assertions don't have any credibility. but a position based on american strength i think should have credibilityment. martha: of course, you know we know from what governor romney has said in the past that means having a very strong military and really sort of embracing the role of america as the super power in this global situation. we are g
to the middle east, and to israel, certainly, that is out there right now, how do you think governor romney would handle that differently? it's a very difficult situation. >> i think he's trying to convey that after three and a half years, that the obama administration has donnie sepb tim donaghy essentially nothing to slow iran's progress at nuclear weapons down. diplomacy is not going to succeed in chitchatting it out of its program and the sanctions have had no effect. in the past...
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to withdraw troops from afghanistan. >> mitt romney campaigns today in iowa and ohio, two of the nine battleground states. he will attend a rally in iowa, 20 miles west of des moines. yesterday he thanked supporters in virginia for coming out in the rain and dished up harsh criticism of the president's spending record. >> he would continue to spend a trillion more than we take in every year in my view that's immoral and wrong. if i'm president of the united states, i will cut federal spending, cap it and finally get us on track to a balanced budget. >> tonight he moves on to ohio where he is due to be joined by new jersey governor christie. >>> new this morning, oakland police investigating their 96th and 97th homicides of the year two people were found shot to death in a car in west oakland one shot in the head, both men. no immediate information on any suspects. >>> the husband of a hercules woman found stabbed to death in their home friday may get to return to their house tomorrow to help investigators decide if anything else has been taken. 55-year-old susie ko was found stabbed t
to withdraw troops from afghanistan. >> mitt romney campaigns today in iowa and ohio, two of the nine battleground states. he will attend a rally in iowa, 20 miles west of des moines. yesterday he thanked supporters in virginia for coming out in the rain and dished up harsh criticism of the president's spending record. >> he would continue to spend a trillion more than we take in every year in my view that's immoral and wrong. if i'm president of the united states, i will cut...
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we've got more -- >> an energized president highlighting accomplishments his administration has made over the last three years and he criticized romney claiming, no, the facts do not hold up. >> a few nights ago suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plans. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? i don't know anything about a $5 trillion tax cut? don't pay any attention to that tax cut behind the curtain. >> the president's motorcade returning to the hotel intercontinental where he spent the night. he will depart for sfo a little later on this morning. those who were able to get tickets to last night's event said it was well worth the cost. >> it was amazing. the krou was so excited to have him here. i think it was really great to have him come to san francisco to the bay area. he definitely connected with everyone in the auditorium. >> it was extremely enthusiastic. he riled the crowd up. extremely good, eloquent words. i've never heard anybody speak so great. to hear that is once in a lifetim
we've got more -- >> an energized president highlighting accomplishments his administration has made over the last three years and he criticized romney claiming, no, the facts do not hold up. >> a few nights ago suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plans. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? i don't know anything about a $5 trillion tax cut? don't pay any attention to that tax cut behind...
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they called on the obama administration to withdraw troops from afghanistan. mitt romney campaigns today in iowa and ohio. he will attend a rally two miles west of des moines. yesterday, he thanked supporters of virginia for coming out in the rain and -- [ unintelligible ] >> he would continue to spend a trillion more than we take in every year in my view that's immoral and wrong. i would cut federal spending and get us on track to a balanced budget. >> romney moves to ohio tonight due to be joined by new jersey governor christie. >>> today saturday suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi finds out if he will lose his job. the board of supervisors set to vote this afternoon on his fate. anti-domestic violence groups held a rally yesterday calling on the supervisors to remove mirkarimi. mirkarimi was suspended by mayor lee after pleading guilty. the charge stemmed if a new year's eve argument with his wife which left her with a bruised arm. the ethics commission determined that mirkarimi committed official misconduct. we'll have a live report from katie
they called on the obama administration to withdraw troops from afghanistan. mitt romney campaigns today in iowa and ohio. he will attend a rally two miles west of des moines. yesterday, he thanked supporters of virginia for coming out in the rain and -- [ unintelligible ] >> he would continue to spend a trillion more than we take in every year in my view that's immoral and wrong. i would cut federal spending and get us on track to a balanced budget. >> romney moves to ohio tonight...
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romney faced off in a debate last week focused on domestic policy but the two men will meet on stage twice more in the coming two weeks and debate america's role in the world. "bbc world news," washington. >> now in just over an hour, the daredevil felix baumgardner is due to jump from the edge of space in a record-setting skydiving attempt. if he succeeds he will become the first person to go faster than the speed of sound without an aircraft. reporting from rozz well, new mexico. >> he will be taken 23 miles up by balloon to the edge of space. he is so might go up that if his space suit leaks, his blood will boil. he will break sound barrier. no one knows the effects it will have on him. >> we practiced this. this is my biggest dream. we are one step closer. i feel good at the moment. >> felix came to fame as a young base jumper, hurling himself off tall buildings and notoriously off the giant jesus monument. this time he is helped by engineers and his suit is allowing him greater movement so he can glide during free fall. the capsule has been specially built to protect him from th
romney faced off in a debate last week focused on domestic policy but the two men will meet on stage twice more in the coming two weeks and debate america's role in the world. "bbc world news," washington. >> now in just over an hour, the daredevil felix baumgardner is due to jump from the edge of space in a record-setting skydiving attempt. if he succeeds he will become the first person to go faster than the speed of sound without an aircraft. reporting from rozz well, new...
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what would president romney have done with respect to that? in poland.president reagan did what a president reagan did in the czech republic. president obama seems to have missed that. he comes into these things late. his own administration describes him as leading by following. i wrote a book on leadership. you can't lead by following. if you're following, you're following. that's what we see in syria. that's what we saw in libya. that's what we saw in egypt. now we see tremendous confusion on the part of this administration about what's really going on in the middle east. you look at libya, it's a scandal. what happened with libya is an absolute scandal of the biggest proportions. i think only because the campaign is going on is it being held back. so the white house, it seems to me, knew that there was real danger to that ambassador. not only didn't they provide the security, it sounds to me like they reduced the security, which is astounding. i'm not sure that's true, but one congressman told me that. if that's true, that's really astoundi
what would president romney have done with respect to that? in poland.president reagan did what a president reagan did in the czech republic. president obama seems to have missed that. he comes into these things late. his own administration describes him as leading by following. i wrote a book on leadership. you can't lead by following. if you're following, you're following. that's what we see in syria. that's what we saw in libya. that's what we saw in egypt. now we see tremendous confusion on...
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yet they suggest he's going to be the second coming of the first bush administration. i think you have almost every possible critique being made on mitt romney right now when it comes to foreign policy, in part because his views are still somewhat unknown and it's not clear what kind of foreign- policy president he would be. host: host: let's listen to how this coming into play of the campaign trail. [video clip] >> i am barack obama, and i approved this message. >> reckless, amateur, that is what mitt romney's trip was called. his knee jerk response showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character. republican experts said mitt romney's remarks were the worst possible reaction to what happened. if this is how he handles the world now, think about what he might do as president. host: susan glasser, a people paying attention to the -- are people paying attention to the foreign policy of these candidates? guest: some of this can be taken with a grain of salt. before the convention, 4% of americans said foreign policy would be the top issue. in the last few weeks, th
yet they suggest he's going to be the second coming of the first bush administration. i think you have almost every possible critique being made on mitt romney right now when it comes to foreign policy, in part because his views are still somewhat unknown and it's not clear what kind of foreign- policy president he would be. host: host: let's listen to how this coming into play of the campaign trail. [video clip] >> i am barack obama, and i approved this message. >> reckless,...
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looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of the final stretch, romney accused the president of weak leadership in the middle east. failing to capitalize on the arab spring uprisings and delivering the harshest response yet on the administration's response to the deadly attacks in libya. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> reporter: calling for a change of course, romney offered few new policy details, citing syria's civil war, romney saying he would support our allies arming rebels there. former secretary of state madeleine albright gave the obama campaign's rebuttal. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in they'd get a "c" because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> it's getting close here in michigan. can you help push us over the top. >> reporter: ahead of this week's vice presidential debate on monday paul ryan attacked what he considered the democrat strategy. >> it seems pretty clear that their new stra
looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of the final stretch, romney accused the president of weak leadership in the middle east. failing to capitalize on the arab spring uprisings and delivering the harshest response yet on the administration's response to the deadly attacks in libya. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events....
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standing now is higher now than almost any time in the bush administration. >> bill: and mitt romney is the one who said that our number one most serious threat on the planet is russia. >> is russia. yeah. >> bill: not al-qaeda, not -- yeah russia. got to wonder. let's talk mitt romney on foreign policy. do you trust him? do you think this is an issue that republicans can still win on? i think president obama has been tougher on national security than any other modern president to tell the truth. join the conversation at 866-55-press. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >>now that's politically direct. (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the vice presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >> so keep on tweeting and maybe you'll have your voice be part of this democracy and see your tweets up on our screen. >>now that's pol
standing now is higher now than almost any time in the bush administration. >> bill: and mitt romney is the one who said that our number one most serious threat on the planet is russia. >> is russia. yeah. >> bill: not al-qaeda, not -- yeah russia. got to wonder. let's talk mitt romney on foreign policy. do you trust him? do you think this is an issue that republicans can still win on? i think president obama has been tougher on national security than any other modern...
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presidential candidate mitt romney said that the obama administration's policies had left the middle east a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. i can't wait to ask you about that, richard. >> fair enough. >> that speech was fascinating. >> new polls were taken after the debate. what did they show? >> i will get to it as soon as you zip it. >> whoa. >> the race is tightening with four weeks to go, a new pew research center survey shows romney leading obama 49% to 45% in a national head-to-head match-up among likely voters. those most committed to participating in the november election. there is good news for the romney campaign in michigan, a state where president obama was leading by ten points last month according to the detroit free press. after the debate, the same poll has the president's lead down to three points, well within the margin of error. perhaps the biggest gain for the romney campaign comes from that pew survey, which shows the republican candidate has made huge gains with women voters now tied with the president 47% to 47%. just a month ago, the president
presidential candidate mitt romney said that the obama administration's policies had left the middle east a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. i can't wait to ask you about that, richard. >> fair enough. >> that speech was fascinating. >> new polls were taken after the debate. what did they show? >> i will get to it as soon as you zip it. >> whoa. >> the race is tightening with four weeks to go, a new pew research center survey shows romney...